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Tim Ecott

February 2024

  • ‘A route into another world’ … Edward Fuglø’s Viking longboat projected on to the wall of the tunnel.

    Treasure of the Faroes: my amazing underwater drive through a Viking-tinged artwork

    A tunnel has opened up more than 150m below the Atlantic, boasting a six-mile-long art installation complete with its own spectral soundtrack picked up by car radio. Our writer has the ride of his life

November 2023

  • Lonely hiker enjoying the view over spectacular Faroese fjords near Funningur during a sunny spring morning (Faroe Islands, Denmark, Europe)<br>T6H20B Lonely hiker enjoying the view over spectacular Faroese fjords near Funningur during a sunny spring morning (Faroe Islands, Denmark, Europe)

    Faroe Islands farmers charge a fee to access beauty spots as visitor numbers soar

    A tourism boom to the North Atlantic islands, fuelled by social media, has resulted in some landowners taking measures to get a share of the revenues

May 2021

  • Faroes Faroe Islands Dominic Breitbarth / @dominiclars Instagram - juli 2018 MYNDA BRÚK: frítt

    Eight things you may not know about the Faroe Islands

    On the green list and with direct flights from Edinburgh starting in July, the dramatic archipelago is again on the tourist radar

December 2020

  • The Eysturoyartunnilin ‘jellyfish’ roundabout is below the sea.

    Giant underwater ‘jellyfish’ roundabout becomes latest Faroe Islands tourist attraction

    Already a hit on social-media, an infrastructure project linking the two largest islands is set to become a big draw for foreign visitors

April 2020

  • Walk this way … virtual visitors can control their local Faroese guide remotely.

    Forget drones, let a remote control person guide you round the Faroe Islands

  • Snow geese at Middle Creek reservoir, America

    Top 10s
    What travel writers are reading right now

May 2019

  • Sign reading CLOSED FOR MAINTENANCE PROJECT, Faroe Islands. The Faroe Islands’ ‘Closed for Maintenance’ project is part tourism initiative, part conservation plan.

    Sustainable tourism: why the Faroe Islands closed for maintenance

    When the north Atlantic islands shut for a weekend to all but ‘voluntourists’ doing conservation projects, it was a win-win for locals and visitors

February 2019

  • Sign reading 'Closed for Maintenance' on the Faroe Islands, part of a new campaign to promote the islands.

    Faroe Islands: closed for repairs but open about self-promotion

    The Faroes will be closed to tourists – except 100 volunteers – for a weekend in April as part of a campaign to promote tourism and sustainability

March 2017

  • Koks Restaurant Faroe islands

    The foodie traveller
    The Faroe Islands’ first Michelin-starred restaurant

    The 17-course Nordic tasting menu at Koks has put the remote, windy islands on the culinary map

September 2011

  • Rugged good looks … the Faroes, on one of its sunnier days

    Accessory to the crime in the Faroes

    Fans of The Killing flocked to the Faroes in search of those jumpers but these remote islands, have other charms, as Tim Ecott discovers

August 2009

  • Andrew Sutton

    'I felt like it was time to let go. I couldn't be bothered fighting any more'

    Survivor of the Marchioness pleasure boat talks about the flashbacks, the guilt - and his slow recovery. By Tim Ecott

December 2008

  • Scuba diving

    Ten best diving adventures

    Exceptional places to see marine life, from the Philippines to Tanzania, the Maldives to Mexico

August 2008

  • The last survivors: jellyfish

    Review: The Last Fish Tale by Mark Kurlansky, and Bottomfeeder by Taras Grescoe Tim Ecott dips into the murky waters of overfishing and environmental disaster

April 2007

  • Jean-Michel Cousteau

    From rainforest to Bush

    Jean-Michel Cousteau on his return to the Amazon and how he's using the family name to help save the world.

December 2006

  • A diver off a coral reef

    Top 10 dive sites of the world

  • Making tortillas in Mexico

    On your marks, offset, go

November 2006

  • Look down in wonder

    A new photography exhibition brings the world's iconic landmarks to London - and puts the focus on climate change.

September 2006

  • West side stories

    The stark beauty of this landscape is the backdrop for two classic films - and home to some of Ireland's best walking.

May 2006

  • The unbearable lightness of Barnsley

  • Candid camera

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